Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Oxon Hill, Md., last February. (Photo:/Susan Walsh)

Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke announced Wednesday afternoon that he would be taking a position in the Department of Homeland Security.

Clarke told Wisconsin radio host Vicki McKenna that he would be leaving his current job for a post in the Department of Homeland Security. Clarke met with President Trump back in November and was considered a potential candidate to run the department, a position that eventually went to Gen. John Kelly.

“The position mentioned is a secretarial appointment,” said a Homeland Security spokesperson in a statement to Yahoo News. “Such senior positions are announced by the department when made official by the secretary. No such announcement with regard to the Office of Public Engagement has been made.”